Gift Cert purchase over free-shipping level triggers free shipping for other products

[tman4j]

When testing my soon to be completed ZC shopping cart (using Simply Kerrin template, version 1.3.8 of ZC), this problem arises: If I do a mock transaction of a gift certificate of $50 or more, along with some physical/shippable product, the customer will receive free shipping on the physical product. Free shipping is set to go in effect when the purchase total hits $50. Since this might result in free shipping again, when the same gift certificate is used/redeemed, I want to make it to where the free shipping is available only for purchases of physical/shippable products of $50 or more. (I do not charge for shipping of gift certificates, as they are virtual). PLEASE ADVISE ON A REMEDY.

[Ajeh]

You would need to customize the Shipping ot_shipping Order Total module to not take into account the amount of the Order that is Gift Certificates ...

If you look at the Low Order Free ot_loworderfee you can see how to calculate the Gift Certificate amount of the order to work it into the calculation for the Free Shipping in the Shipping ot_shipping module ...

NOTE: you do need to check all of the code for where the:
MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_SHIPPING_FREE_SHIPPING_OVER

is used to include this adjustment as well ...

Using the Tools ... Developers Tool Kit ... and entering in the bottom input box:
MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_SHIPPING_FREE_SHIPPING_OVER

you can find where you need to address this in the code ...

[tman4j]

Hi. Is it possible for you to list the steps by sequence. Also, could you please note which control/admin panel to be used for each step (ZC vs GoDaddy... my host). Thanks.

[Ajeh]

I would have to sit down and actually write all of the code for this customization ...

You might try a search for:
MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_SHIPPING_FREE_SHIPPING_OVER

on the forum and see if anything has been written for this before ...

I may have broken it all down some time ago ... but I cannot recall ...

[tman4j]

In your opinion, is it more common than not for estores to allow gift certificate purchases to activate free shipping for other/physical products? If so, I will probably just do that. I am not a coder (html, xhtml, mysql, php, etc.). By the way, which of these coding languages would be useful to know for this? Thanks.

[Ajeh]

php is what you need to customize ...

You have a setting for the:
MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_SHIPPING_FREE_SHIPPING_OVER

and you do not want this to happen on orders that contain a Gift Certificate to give the Free Shipping because it takes the Order over the amount set by the:
MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_SHIPPING_FREE_SHIPPING_OVER

so, you need to customize all of the code where the constant:
MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_SHIPPING_FREE_SHIPPING_OVER

is used and take out the amount of the Gift Certificate from this amount so that it is not triggered ...